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Preventing Backing Incidents

Although backing up in a vehicle constitutes a minor portion of total distances traveled, it is responsible for half or more of the reported incidents in many fleet operations, regardless of vehicle size. These incidents carry a significant cost in terms of vehicle and property damage, insurance claims, rising premiums, and frequent injuries and fatalities. The internationally acclaimed Thinking Driver program, Preventing Backing Incidents, integrates Thinking Driver's unique 7 Fundamentals of Safe Backing to mitigate these risks.

APERÇU DU COURS

Featuring Thinking Driver’s unique 7 Fundamentals of Safe Backing, the globally recognized and award-winning Thinking Driver program, Preventing Backing Incidents, aims to reduce the risks associated with backing up in a vehicle. Despite accounting for a minor portion of total distances traveled, reversing contributes to a significant number of reported incidents in many fleet operations, regardless of vehicle size. These incidents carry an immense cost in terms of vehicle and property damage, insurance claims, raising premiums, and frequent injuries and fatalities.

This engaging course, rich in multimedia, offers learners a variety of interactive on-screen activities including quizzes, click to discover facts, video, and audio commentary. Updated for 2020, this premier defensive driving eLearning program features a user-friendly interface. Employees appreciate this course for its informative, interesting, and entertaining content that keeps them engaged.

SUJETS DU COURS

Seven Fundamentals of Safe Backing

Avoiding Backing

The most effective way to avoid a backing collision is to avoid reversing. We provide several practical techniques and strategies to reduce the need for reversing by at least 50%. These techniques, not taught in driving schools, are easy to incorporate into daily driving habits, enhancing safety and reducing stress.

Circle check

Many incidents occur when a vehicle is moved without completing a circle check, whether moving forward or backward. The second fundamental describes how to perform a circle check and why it’s crucial in preventing backing incidents.

Look Back

Despite being taught to look where we are going since childhood, many employees back up without looking through the rear window or using mirrors. Many drivers don’t use mirrors effectively due to misunderstanding how to adjust them properly. This part of the course teaches correct mirror adjustment.

Back slowly

Vehicles behave differently when reversing. Steering changes drastically, and it’s easy to lose control when backing at high speeds. The course content highlights the importance of controlling speed and presents techniques to effectively manage speed while reversing.

Use a guide

Having a second person at the rear of the vehicle guiding the driver and looking out for hazards is one of the most effective strategies for preventing backing incidents. We cover guide positioning, communication signals, and actions if the guide moves out of the driver’s view.

Avoid distractions

Distractions divert the driver’s attention from the task at hand and reduce attentiveness. We discuss common distracted driving issues and practical solutions, encouraging employees to avoid distractions not only when backing but whenever operating a vehicle.

Practice

Mastering backing is easy, practice is the key. We encourage employees to learn basic backing skills and then practice using exercises that we suggest until they feel confident to back up a vehicle with skill and expertise.

DURÉE DU COURS EN LIGNE

Environ 60 minutes

Note de passage

Testing conducted throughout this online course, Preventing Backing Incidents, is designed to reinforce the information presented. A mark of 90% must be achieved in order to receive a certificate of completion. Participants are able to repeat the course twice if the pass mark is not achieved. Supplemental materials necessary to complete this course can be accessed online.

CERTIFICAT DE RÉALISATION

Une fois ce cours en ligne terminé avec succès, un certificat d'achèvement sera disponible en téléchargement et pour impression.

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